President Museveni Orders NRM Rebel Mps Out Of Party Caucus Meeting

•President Museveni has ordered National Resistance Movement Members opposed to the Age Limit Amendment Bill out of a meeting of the ruling party’s parliamentary caucus. Museveni, who is also chairman of the NRM party chaired the meeting which sat at his office near the Parliamentary building.

•The MPs were not invited to the meeting and according to reports, they had been warned by Government Chief Whip Ruth Nankabirwa not to dare show up, since they shared different views on the amendment of the Age Limit, which was tabled by Raphael Magezi.

•They however, insisted and proceeded to the President’s Office and sat in the room before commencement of the meeting.

•The President on the advice of Government Chief Whip, Ruth Nankabirwa ordered them to leave the room. According to one of the MPs, Theodore Sekikubo, Nankabirwa told the President that the rebel MPs were firmly opposed to the amendment and that they were likely to leak some of the strategies that would be discussed in the meeting.

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